Expertise offered by Task Force
TF Improving the Lives of People in Forests
Research interests of Task Force members
- Alcorn, Janis
- Barry, Deborah: Cultural and economic geography, community forestry, Central America, donor experience, Rights and Resources Initiative, local organizations and initiatives
- Buck, Louise: Natural Resources, social learning, agroforestry, protected area management, ecoagriculture, academia, research, Africa, US
- Carter, Jane: Agricultural and forest sciences, forest resource assessment, indigenous/local knowledge, collaborative/community forests, Asia, research and donor experience
- Colchester, Marcus: Social anthropology, human rights, protected areas, rural livelihoods, forest law enforcement, international policy, Amazonia, South/South-East Asia, NGO activist
- Cronkleton, Peter
- Diaw, Chimere
- Dove, Michael
- Dudley, Nigel
- Fisher, Bob
- Fortmann, Louise:
Rural sociologist, community forest management, poverty, property, forestry, East/Southern Africa, Northern California, US, academia - Guijt, Irene: Rural development/natural resource management, collaborative monitoring, governance and democratization, civil society participation, training, NGO researcher
- Hoskins, Marilyn: Anthropologist/communications, local governance, community development, equity, community forestry Southeast Asia, West Africa ++, consultant
- Lidestav, Gun: Forestry, gender, Scandinavia, academia
- Lines, Maureen: Writer, emergency medical technician, forest destruction, Pakistan, Afghanistan, NGO activist
- Mayers, James
- McDougall, Cynthia: Environment and development, food security, community forestry, adaptive collaborative management, equity, Nepal, research
- Oyono, Rene
- Porro, Noemi Miyasaka
- Prabhu, Ravi: Forester, ecological silviculture, criteria and indicators, sustainable forest management, adaptive collaborative management, Asia, Africa, building bridges, research
- Schmidt, Caspar
- Shepherd, Gil: Social anthropology, tropical dry forests, fuelwood, community/participatory forest management and conservation, local-national spectrum, CBD, ecosystems, research
- Taylor, Pete: Environmental governance, community-based organizations, markets, networks, conservation, Central America and Brazil, academia
Research interests of other colleagues
- Borrini-Feyerabend, Grazia: Physics, public health, environmental policy/practice, equity, conservation, co-management, CBD/policy, NGO researcher/activist
- Innes, John
- Schmink, Marianne
- Wollenberg, Lini: Human ecology, decentralization, poverty alleviation, social learning, forest-based incomes, sustainability criteria, Asia, research
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